Curse

RSGashapon · Aug 09, 2007, 11:37 AM // 11:37

Yeah... there's an acronym I'll probably never use again, but I made it up anyways.

So, this thing's bugged me ever since the up/down arrows were swapped from the right side to the left. Now, with the ability to change secondary professions as necessary, it has become an irritating mess.

I'd like to see the attribute lines section arranged in a consistent order. Your character's primary attribute line fixed in first place, followed by secondary attribute lines of their primary profession and then secondary profession attribute lines listed last. Except for the primary attribute line, they should be listed in alphabetical order to match the skill categories.

As an example, I present my Acolyte Sousuke's current attribute section, as an E/N:

V^ 3 Blood Magic
V^ 0 Death Magic
V^ 0 Curses
V^ 0 Air Magic
V^ 0 Earth Magic
V^ 12 Fire Magic
V^ 0 Water Magic
V^ 12 Energy Storage

Why is Energy Storage on the bottom? Is secondary Death Magic more important than primary Fire Magic? Why do the attribute lines jumble around when switching secondaries? It doesn't make sense. Couldn't they be arranged in a more logical manner?

V^ 12 Energy Storage
V^ 0 Air Magic
V^ 0 Earth Magic
V^ 12 Fire Magic
V^ 0 Water Magic
V^ 3 Blood Magic
V^ 0 Curses
V^ 0 Death Magic

It doesn't just apply to certain Heroes or builds, it affects both Hero and Player Character alike. The previous attribute line section's layout looked more polished, with arrows on the right and the ability to quickly check if said character has all of his or her attribute points. That large void also seems wasteful, even if it provides room for the tooltip pop-ups.

This all may sound like one big nitpick, but in my opinion the current design of this UI element is clunky and poorly designed. Please Anet, remodel this panel to something more user-friendly.

And put those damned arrows back on the right side...